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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARDCOVER. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 254pp, octavo. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good.

First edition hardback (Roman numberal I on copyright page). Octavo in full red cloth. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Tight and clean, no marks or writing, perhaps the slightest lean, traces of edgewear. Jacket has light edgewear, a bit of sunning to the spine. Overall a striking copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Some wear along the edges, tips, covers, and spine of the book. Some wear along the DJ edges and covers.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 254 pp; Aa previous owners stamp on front end page still a very nice like new book; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Condition: New. South Pacific Diary, 1942-1943 (Hardback or Cased Book).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. About Very good in good dust jacket. Book rubbed at spine ends and corners. Dustwrapper has rubs/chips at spine ends and corners.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Correspondent Mack Morriss reluctantly left his diary in the Honolulu Yank office in July 1943. "Here is contained an account of the past eight and one-half months," he wrote in his last entry, "a period which I shall never forget." The next morning he was on a plane headed back to the South Pacific and the New Georgia battleground.Morriss was working out of the press camp at Spa, Belgium, in January 1945, when he learned that the diary he had kept in the South Pacific had arrived in a plain brown wrapper at the New York office. He was so happy "to know that this impossible thing had happened," he wrote to his wife, that he helped two friends "murder a quart of scotch." What was preserved and appears in print here for the first time is a unique chronicle of the war in the South Pacific from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant.This is an intensely personal account, reporting the war from the ridge known as the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal, from the bars and dance halls of Auckland to a B-17 flying through the moonlit night to bomb Japanese installations on Bougainville. Morriss thought deeply and wrote movingly about everything connected with the war: the sordiness and heroism, the competence and ineptitude of leaders, the strange mixture of constant complaint and steady courage of ordinary GIs, friendships formed under combat stress, and, above all, what he perceived to be his own indecisiveness and weaknesses.Ronnie Day introduces Morriss's diary and illuminates the work with extensive notes based on private papers, government documents, travel in the Solomon Islands, and the recollections of men mentioned in the diary. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635. . 1996. Hardback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Mack Morriss (map) (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 254 pages. Endpaper map. Editor's Note. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Mack Morriss, author of The Proving Ground, a novel based on his wartime experiences, died in 1975. Ronnie Day is professor and chair of the Department of History at East Tennessee State University. "Lively, colorful, and simply and forcefully written. It is a personal journey, giving not only an account of the battles but also of the life in the barracks and bars."Knoxville News-Sentinel. "Beautifully edited, this diary provides a detailed look at a very introspective World War II reporter."Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Correspondent Mack Morriss reluctantly left his diary in the Honolulu Yank office in July 1943. "Here is contained an account of the past eight and one-half months," he wrote in his last entry, "a period which I shall never forget." The next morning he was on a plane headed back to the South Pacific and the New Georgia battleground. Morriss was working out of the press camp at Spa, Belgium, in January 1945, when he learned that the diary he had kept in the South Pacific had arrived in a plain brown wrapper at the New York office. He was so happy "to know that this impossible thing had happened," he wrote to his wife, that he helped two friends "murder a quart of scotch." What was preserved and appears in print here for the first time is a unique chronicle of the war in the South Pacific from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant. This is an intensely personal account, reporting the war from the ridge known as the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal, from the bars and dance halls of Auckland to a B-17 flying through the moonlit night to bomb Japanese installations on Bougainville. Morriss thought deeply and wrote movingly about everything connected with the war: the sordiness and heroism, the competence and ineptitude of leaders, the strange mixture of constant complaint and steady courage of ordinary GIs, friendships formed under combat stress, and, above all, what he perceived to be his own indecisiveness and weaknesses. Ronnie Day introduces Morriss's diary and illuminates the work with extensive notes based on private papers, government documents, travel in the Solomon Islands, and the recollections of men mentioned in the diary.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635. . 1996. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Correspondent Mack Morriss reluctantly left his diary in the Honolulu Yank office in July 1943. 'Here is contained an account of the past eight and one-half months,' he wrote in his last entry, 'a period which I shall never forget.' The next morning he was on a plane headed back to the South Pacific and the New Georgia battleground. Morriss was working out of the press camp at Spa, Belgium, in January 1945, when he learned that the diary he had kept in the South Pacific had arrived in a plain brown wrapper at the New York office. He was so happy 'to know that this impossible thing had happened,' he wrote to his wife, that he helped two friends 'murder a quart of scotch.' What was preserved and appears in print here for the first time is a unique chronicle of the war in the South Pacific from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, The Army Weekly. This is an intensely personal account, reporting the war from the ridge known as the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal, from the bars and dance halls of Auckland to a B-17 flying through the moonlit night to bomb Japanese installations on Bougainville. Morriss thought deeply and wrote movingly about everything connected with the war: the sordiness and heroism, the competence and ineptitude of leaders, the strange mixture of constant complaint and steady courage of ordinary GIs, friendships formed under combat stress, and, above all, what he perceived to be his own indecisiveness and weaknesses. Ronnie Day introduces Morriss's diary and illuminates the work with extensive notes based on private papers, government documents, travel in the Solomon Islands, and the recollections of men mentioned in the diary. Ronnie Day is professor and chair of the Department of History at East Tennessee State University. Mack Morriss, author of The Proving Ground , a novel based on his wartime experiences, died in 1975.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Correspondent Mack Morriss reluctantly left his diary in the Honolulu Yank office in July 1943. "Here is contained an account of the past eight and one-half months," he wrote in his last entry, "a period which I shall never forget." The next morning he was on a plane headed back to the South Pacific and the New Georgia battleground.Morriss was working out of the press camp at Spa, Belgium, in January 1945, when he learned that the diary he had kept in the South Pacific had arrived in a plain brown wrapper at the New York office. He was so happy "to know that this impossible thing had happened," he wrote to his wife, that he helped two friends "murder a quart of scotch." What was preserved and appears in print here for the first time is a unique chronicle of the war in the South Pacific from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant.This is an intensely personal account, reporting the war from the ridge known as the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal, from the bars and dance halls of Auckland to a B-17 flying through the moonlit night to bomb Japanese installations on Bougainville. Morriss thought deeply and wrote movingly about everything connected with the war: the sordiness and heroism, the competence and ineptitude of leaders, the strange mixture of constant complaint and steady courage of ordinary GIs, friendships formed under combat stress, and, above all, what he perceived to be his own indecisiveness and weaknesses.Ronnie Day introduces Morriss's diary and illuminates the work with extensive notes based on private papers, government documents, travel in the Solomon Islands, and the recollections of men mentioned in the diary. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Boyle, Neil; Shirvanian (illustrator). First Edition. 20 pages. Features: The AMA Exercise Chart; There Went $125,00 a week - how TV Stars are fired - with photos of Mitch Miller, Garry Moore and Judy Garland; Nice one-page color photo for Galaxy cigarettes promotes prizes available by collecting their divident coupons; Sensational color-photo centerfold for Pillsbury illustrates many of their bake-at-home products; The Girl That You Married - Are Foreign Women Sexier?; "The Catch At Dawn" (fiction); Recipes; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Dole frozen fruit juices; Nice black and white Chrysler/Plymouth ad inside back cover features the line of 1965 Plymouths, including the Fury, Valiant, Belvedere and, of course, the Barracude - for only $2,487!; Back cover Mutual of Omaha color photo ad features family photo of the Tom Arnoldy family of Shawnee, Kansas. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Tobey, Barney; Hawes, Charles; Fleischmann, Glen; Kling,Wendell; Lee, Robert J.; Brusstar, Gordon; Glanzman, Louis S.; (illustrator). First Edition. 82 pages. Articles: Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of the busiest men in Hollywood; Clowns after Hours - The Minneapolis Aquatennial festival and its Aqua Jesters; My 4-Year War with the Reds; (part 3 of 5); So You Had a Virus?; Down with the Little Things; I Hate a Dumpy Woman; A Good Clean-Cut American Boy; Owl, He Crow For Midnight; Champion of Sonora; Valley of the Tyrant (part 2 fo 4); A Game of Skill. Includes these nice vintage ads: General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour image of Mrs. Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr.; B.V.D. shirts; Admiral tvs; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features full-page color photo portrait of author James Michener; Dodge Trucks; Pabst beer ad features photo of Sid Luckman; Plymouth cars; Puerto Rican Rum; General Motors; Bicycle playing cards; Nice full-page color Schenley Whiskey ad features Ed Sullivan; Camel cigarette ad on back cover includes Vic Scott, Albany to New York out-board racing champ. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, November 19, 1949 Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of th.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Mitchell, Michael; Mink, David; Shook, Euclid; Berman, Sam;Dwyer, James; Koskinen, Harry; Patterson, Robert; Darrow, Whitney Jr.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 1) - Brig. General Frank Howley warns "The Russians are international gangsters who will destroy us if they can" - with photos; Lustron - the House That Lots of Jack Built - Carl Strandlund's company received $50 million from the government to build masses of steel-enamel homes in his Columbus, Ohio factory; Jean Peters - The Girl Who Didn't go After Hollywood - article with super full-page color photo; Those Explosive Nobel Prizes (part 1 of 2); World's Most Robbed Bank - State Bank of Rangeville, VA has been robbed 490-odd times since 1945 - it's a dummy created by the F.B.I. on the Quantico Marine Corps base at Quantico, VA; Slide, Fujimura, Slide! - Baseball in Japan is as popular as ever - article with excellent photos, especially the shot of 'emancipated' women appearing in public at games; Letter Found on a Lady's Desk; Lineman of the Year? - Notre Dame's giant end Leon Hart - article with nice color photo. Fiction: The Equatorial Man; The Difficult Age; Saturday Date; Courtesy of the Road; Bootlegger's Treasure (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice vintage ads: Zenith entertainment products; Elgin watches; Packard Cars; Hamilton watches; Pall Mall cigarettes; Chevrolet cars; Dupont antifreeze (nice cartoon illustrations); Auto-Lite ad features nice photo of Ida Lupino; Schlitz beer; Pendleton shirts; Budweiser; Congress playing cards - featuring Mme. Schiaparelli and "Gogo" Berenson; Brunswick bowling products; Camel cigarettes (back cover) - featuring auto-racing champion Bill Holland. Covers loosening from staples. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, November 5, 1949.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. Correspondent Mack Morriss reluctantly left his diary in the Honolulu Yank office in July 1943. "Here is contained an account of the past eight and one-half months," he wrote in his last entry, "a period which I shall never forget." The next morning he was on a plane headed back to the South Pacific and the New Georgia battleground.Morriss was working out of the press camp at Spa, Belgium, in January 1945, when he learned that the diary he had kept in the South Pacific had arrived in a plain brown wrapper at the New York office. He was so happy "to know that this impossible thing had happened," he wrote to his wife, that he helped two friends "murder a quart of scotch." What was preserved and appears in print here for the first time is a unique chronicle of the war in the South Pacific from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant.This is an intensely personal account, reporting the war from the ridge known as the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal, from the bars and dance halls of Auckland to a B-17 flying through the moonlit night to bomb Japanese installations on Bougainville. Morriss thought deeply and wrote movingly about everything connected with the war: the sordiness and heroism, the competence and ineptitude of leaders, the strange mixture of constant complaint and steady courage of ordinary GIs, friendships formed under combat stress, and, above all, what he perceived to be his own indecisiveness and weaknesses.Ronnie Day introduces Morriss's diary and illuminates the work with extensive notes based on private papers, government documents, travel in the Solomon Islands, and the recollections of men mentioned in the diary. A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.